Shocking machine



Jan. 19,1926. 1,570,201"

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LEwIs JAMES CLEMENT, or DAUIHIN, MANITOBA, CANADA.

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Application med detobcr 11, 1922. Serial No. 592,822.

Shocking Machines, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to improvements in shocking machines and particularly to improved features relative toashocking machine previously invented by me: and for which I have obtained a Canadian Patent- No. 133,254, dated the 23rd day of May, 1911. An object of the present invention is to provide a self operating means associated with the sheaf receiving and shock forming basket and which will shape the shock and will hold the shock} togetherduring clumping and will remain with the shock for a short period after dumping tosteady the same.

still further object is to provide a self acting mechanism for locking the basket gates closed at the propertime and for releasing t'hegates to simultaneously open during the interval that the basket is being dumped. i A; still further object is to associate with the basket a sliding weight which serves to .make the basket easier to operate and also acts to give the basket an initial positive turning movement as soon as it is released to start the dumping operation.

A further object is to improve the general arrangement of the clutches controlling the driving of the basket and elevator or conveyor.

lVith the above more important objects in view the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts here'- ina'fter more particularly described and later pointedout in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is 'a front machine.

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof with the elevator for the greater part removed.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the basket.

Fige is a perspective view of the knuckle joint at one side of the basket and parts associated the ewith. I

view of the shocking tional view at 8 form as my original 1 Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view centrally through the rear end of the basket the section being taken at 5 5, Fig. 2. I

Fig. 6 is a vertical cross sectional view at 66 of Fig. 5. r

.Fig. 7 is an enlarged detailed' vertical sectional view at 77 Fig. 2. 7

Fig. 8 is an enlarged detailed= vertical sec- 8' Fig. 2. g Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail plan view of the clutch mechanism. 7

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several figures.-

' Ashereinbefo're intimatedthis machine is in reality an improvement'on the shocking machine previously patented in Canada by me and the general arrangement of the present machine is very similar to that described in such prior patent. The various improvements which I have'madej relate particularly to additions to the basket and to an improvement of the controlling arrangement for the basket and cionveyori v I The basket body 1, which is of the same one, is provided with the entrance opening 2 and is supported at the outer side by a stub shaft 3 fastened f thereto and carried by a comparatively large ground wheel 4 and at the inner side by a driving stub shaft 5 r'otatably mounted in a bearing 6,-the bearing 6 being the same asthe corresponding bearing in my former patent.

A driving gear wheel 7 is secured to the inner end of the shaft 5 and it is continuously in mesh with a bevel pinion 8 permanently secured to the driving shaft 9, this drivingshaft being driven by the binding machine mechanism in the same manner as in my former patent.

A defiecting'plate- 10 is secured to the basket .and directs the sheaves into the basket, the sheaves being. elevated from the binding machine deck 11 by the elevator 12 which is also driven by the shaft Qtlirough a special clutch control hereinafter de scribed.

The forward endof the bas ket is per 1na nently closed by a pair of gates 13 and 14, each gate being in the form of a semi-circle and being carried-by a pair of spaced arms 15 and 16, the arms having their outer ends more or less in the form of L-shaped necks which protrude through suitable openings 17 formed in the sides of the basket and are pivotally secured at 18 to pairs of lugs 19 and 20 located at the basket sides.

At opposite sides of the large end of the basket I locate similar shifting bars 21, said shifting bars having their ends slfdably mounted on guide bars 22 and 23 passing lengthwise oi the basket and permanently attached thereto.

The shifting bars 21 are connected by links 24 to the necks of the arms 15 and 16, said links being pivotally connected to the necks and adjustably connected to the bars 21, the adjustment being provided by adjusting nuts 25 and 26.

The shifting bars are normally locked against movement in the position best shown in Fig. 3 and at each side of the basket by a pair of links 27 and 28 pivotally secured at their outer ends to the shifting bars and to the basket side respectively and having their inner ends plvotally connected together as indicated at 29 and arranged to form a knuckle joint 30 which will break joint when struck upwardly from the horizontal position.

According to this arrangement it will be apparent that the gates will be locked closed when the knuckle joints are locked and that upon the knuckle joints being broken upwardly such action will permit the gates to open.

To the sides of the basket and at the front end I pivotally attach the forward ends of a bale shaped release rod 31 which passes across the rear end of the basket and is suitably guided in guide loops 32 located at the opposite sides of the rear end of the basket. It will be observed that the forward ends of the release rod are turned downwardly and pivotally attached to the basket by the pins 33 which attach the forward ends of the links 28 to the basket sides and that the rear portions of the guide rod are located above the knuckle joints of the links.

The release rod is provided at opposite sides of the basket with downwardlyextench ing trips or hooks 3 1-. These hooks in the normal positions of the. parts, or in the sheaf receiving position of the basket, underlie the knuckle joints so that any upward swinging of the release rod will act to break the knuckle joints.

The release rod is also fitted at the sides of the basket with upwardly extending arms 35 and on each arm I mount adjustably a weight 36.

The basket when dumping rotates torwardly, that is in a clockwise direction, and when it starts to rotate the knuckle joints are locked. However, shortly after the basket has started to dump the Weights 36 swing down and in so doing actuate the release rod to catch the hooks or trips to release the knuckle joints simultaneously. As soon as this occurs the gates open simultaneously. Obviously, one can time the instant at which the knuckle joints are broken and the gates are released by adjusting the position of the weights 36 on the arms 35.

As the basket returns to its original sheaf receiving position the gates will close under the action of gravity and they will be locked by the knuckle joints as during the return movement of the basket the bars 21 slide back to their original position and the re lease rod returns to its original position.

In order to shape the shock prior to depositing and to steady. the shock after depositing I have provided a steadying ring 37 which operates in the small end of the basket and is attached thereto by a pair of upper chains 38 and 39 and a single, centrally positioned lower chain d0. All 01 the chains are fitted with slip rings 41 mounted on the ring 37 and they are attached to the interior of the basket a sliding connection which permits the ends of the chains to move in respect to the basket. These lat ter connections are made by mounting the forward ends of the chains slidably on a guide rod 42 passing lengthwise of the basket, attached thereto, and located on the inner sides thereof. It will be observed that the lower guide rod-is somewhat shorter than the upper ones.

in the sheai receiving position of the has et the ring 37 takes the position as best shown in liigures 5 and 6, which it will be observed is an inclined one, and consequently as the sheaves pass through the opening 2 the ring 37 does not interfere with them, but the heads of the sheaves will lie on the under part of the ring. According to this arrangen'ient it is then. possible for the ring to swing forwardly and. take a position around the as sembled sheaves when the basket is dumped.

To the inner sides of the basket and at the botton'i thereof and toward the rear end I hate a pair of stops 43 and 41 which are adapted to tie with the ring as the hasket begins to dump and prevent the then lower side of" the ring "from sliding in before the upper side of the ring has swung inwardly over the heads of the sheaves.

in the dumping of: the basket the ring operates as follows, assuming that the heads of the sheaves deposited in the basket by the conveyor are overlying the under portion of the ring:

is the basket begins. to rotate the lower si e of the ring is retarded by the stops and the upper side thereof swings inwardly so that the ring will completely surround the heads or the assembled sheaves. it will remain in this position unt the g s ar into the basket unlocked, at which time the sheaves pass out 0: the basket and the ring goes with them, whilst still remaining around the heads. In this connection it is pointed out that the then falling ring will escape past the stops 13 and 14; When the shock hits the ground the tailing ring will jam down over the deposited shock, retainii'ig it in shape and also preventing it from being upset, due to moi'nentun'i. Here it is to be remembered that the basket is turning. The flexible 'cl-aijn connection of the ring to the basket, however, allows the ring to remain a short interval with the deposited shock, although tle basket is moving, and this is what steadat; the shock after it is deposited. As the basket returns the chains will pull the ring oil the shock, the rear side moving up first and as the basket approaches the original sheaf receiving position the ring will reset itself under the action of gravity and retarn to the positionshown in Fig. 5.

the underside of the basket I locate a weight.- lti which .is slid-ably mounted on a guide rod. as passing lei'igthwise of the bashut and permanently secured thereto. This ia'ht, in the movement of the basket, slide freely forwardly and rearwardly on the guide rod, depending on the positionot the basket. Due to the cone or tapering shape of the basket it will be obvious, however, that the weight will normally have a position at the forward end of the basket so that it will notes a positive agent-to cause the forward end ot the basket to'swing initially downwardly the instant the said has ket is released. to dump.

The basket is normally locked in the sheaf receiving position by a horizontally disposed suitably supported spring pressed latch 17 engageable with a notched plate 18 permanently secured to the front end of the basket.

A controlling shaft 19 extends across the machine frame standing lever t111(l' tlt theforward end with a crank 51 pivotally attached to the p ulling'the line toward the binding machine, such resulting in the release or the Withdrawal of the latch from the notch in the plate 48.

The elevator is operated by anendless chain52 driven by a chain wheel 53; freely mounted on the forward end of the shaft. 9. A clutch 5 1, of any convenient-type is used for coupling the shaft 9 to the chain wheel 53 In the present instance the shittable'; member of the clutch is indicated at 55 and ke't this latter clutch is. disengaged.

.t the inner side of the has ktt and is fitted at the rear end with an upduring the filling of the basket this clutch is shifting member of the clutch being indicated at 57. Duri'ng'the'filling of the bas- The gear wheel 7 is provided with a dog or tooth 58 which controls the disengaging of the clutch 56 and associatedwith the gear I provide a sleeve. or collar 5.9 which turns with it, the collar being provided with a plurality of extending suitably spaced teeth or strikers which are adapted to control the clutch 54. The tooth 58, in the normal or' horizontal position of the basket is engaged with the inner end "of a slidably mounted control'bar 61, said control bar being connected to the shifting member 57 of the clutch 56 and being arranged so that when the said bar is engaging the dog 58 the clutch member 57 is disenaged; consequently the shaft 9,'whicl1 is continuously turning, will not rotate the' pinion 8 which is sleeved onthe shaft. I However, as s'oonas the latch 47 is disengaged the weight 46 causes the basket topositively. and initially turn. This movement rotates the gear 7 and as soon as the gear starts to turn the dog 58 is moved awayv from the'end at the bar 61' and the said bar shifts inwardly under the action of the spring 62 and engages the clutch 56. The basket is then positively driven by the shaft 9 until such time that the dog 58 has turned around one revolution and is brought to a position where it will shift the bar 61 forwardly and disengage the clutch 56.

To the clutch member 55 of the clutch 54 I attach a lever 63 which is pivotally at tached by a pin 6-1 to an under lever 65, the under lever having the end toward the binding machine pivotally attached by a bolt 66 to'a stationary plate 67 The lever has one endfpivotally connected by a pin 68' to the forward endot the bar 61 and the lever 63 hasthe end toward the binding machine pivotally connected to the forward end of a bar 69, the rear end of which is suitably guided in a strap 70 carried by the shocking machine frame. r

A shifting bar 71 is slidably mounted on theshocking machine frame and has the rear end engageable with the sleeve 59 and the forward end connected pivotally by a rocker bar 7 2 to the bar 69', the rocker, bar

to a short link62, the ends of which are,

pivotally connecte dto the bars 61. and. 71 respectively.

Normally, and as hereinbefore stated, the clutch 54 is engaged and the elevator is operating when the basket is being filled. As soon, however, as the basket is released the clutch 56 is engaged and as it engages, the bar 61 acts through the lever 65 and lever 63 to throw out the clutch 54. The movement occasioned, however, at this time has not effected the bar 71. As the collar 59 rotates, however, the strikers 60 shift the bar 71 which movement acts, through the rocker bar 72 and connections, to engage the clutch 54E momentarily. I have shown four strikers 60, which means that during the interval that the basket is being dumped and returned to its original position the clutch 54 will be engaged momentarily four times and this will act to intermittently operate the elevator to accommodate the sheaves that may be discharged from the deck during the interval that the basket is being dumped.

When the basket has eventually reached its sheaf receiving position the clutch 56 is automatically disengaged by the action of the dog 58 and simultaneously the clutch 54' is engaged to operate the elevator and discharge the sheaves into the basket.

Accordingly, it will be apparent that the control of the clutches is entirely automatic both in disengaging and engaging and that the only work the operator has to do is to release the latch 47 by pulling the line.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a shocking machine, the combination. with a normally horizontally disposed and pivoted sheaf receiving and shock forming basket and a pair of pivoted gates normally closing one end of the basket, of operating lever arms extending from the gates, a bar slidably attached to each side of the basket, links connecting the lever arms to the bars, said bar being slidable towards and away from the gate end of the basket, pairs of links pivotally connecting the sliding bars to the side of the basket, the links of the pairs being connected one to the other by a knuckle joint, the said knuckle joints normally locking the gates closed, and gravity operated means carried by the sides of the basket and engageable with the knuckle joints and adapted to break the joints and release the gates in the dumping of the basket.

22. In a shocking machine, the combination with a normally horizontally disposed and pivoted sheaf receiving and shock forming basket and a pair of pivoted gates normally closing one end of the basket, of operating lever arms extending from the gates, a bar slidably attached to each side of the basket, links connecting the lever arms to the bar, said bar being slidable towards and away from the gate end of the basket, pairs of links pivotally connecting the sliding bars to the side of the basket the links of the pairs being connected one to the other by a knuckle joint the said knuckle joints normally locking the gates closed a bail bar spanning the basket and having the ends thereof pivotally attached to the gate end of the basket, trips carried by the bail bar and engaging the knuckle joint in the sheaf receiving position of the basket, and upwardly extending weighted arms carried by the ends of the bail bar.

In a shocking machine, the combina tion with a. normally horizontally disposed and pivoted sheaf receiving and shock forming basket and a pair of pivoted gates normally closing the forward ends of the basket, of a pair of upper and lower operating arms secured to each gate and extending outwardly of the basket, a vertically disposed bar located at each side of the basket, said shifting bars having the ends thereof slidably attached to the basket sides, links adjustably connecting the gate arms to the shifting bar, a pair of links pivotally connecting each shifting bar to the side of the basket, each pair of said links embodying an upwardly breakable knuckle joint, said knuckle joints locking the gates closed in the sheaf receiving position of the basket, a rearwardly extending bail bar spanning the basket and having the forward ends pivotally attached to the forward end of the basket, guide loops secured to the basket sides and guiding the rear part of the bail bar, trips carried by the bail bar and normally underlying the knuckle joints, arms extending vertically upwardly from the bail bar and in a location opposing the trips and weights adjustably mounted on the latter arms.

a. The combination with a sheaf receiving and shock forming basket of a shock enc rcling ring and means for causing said ring to pass over and surround the head of the shock during dumping movement of the basket.

5. The combination with a sheaf receiving and shock forming basket, of a shock encircling member, means for causing said member to pass over and surround the head of the shock during dumping movement of the basket, and a connection between the ring and basket serving to permit the ring to remain with the deposited shock for an interval of time and to thereafter Withdraw from the shock in the return movement of the basket to sheaf receiving position.

(5. The combination with a sheaf receiving and shock forming basket, of a rin positioned at the head end of the basket and normally disposed in a plane inclined to the vertical to permit the heads ofthe sheaves to enter the ring during building of the shock within the basket, means for causing the ring to pass over the heads of the sheaves during dumping movement of the basket, and a connection between the ring and basket serving to permit the ring to remain for an interval of time with the degosited shock and to return to its normal position upon return movement of the basket to sheaf receiving position.

7. The combination with a sheaf receiving and shock forming basket, of a ring positioned at the head end of the basket, flexible elements connected at one end to said ring and means slidably anchoring the remaining ends of the flexible elements to the basket.

8. The structure according to claim 7, ineluding stops located in the bottom of the basket and engageable with the lower side of the ring.

9. The combination with a pivotally mounted normally horizontally disposed sheaf receiving and shock forming basket, of a rod secured to the underside of the basket and passing lengthwise thereof and a weight slidably mounted on the. rod.

10. The combination with a pivotally mounted normally horizontally disposed sheaf receiving and shock forming basket, of an inclined rod passing lengthwise of the basket and attached to the underside thereof and a weight slidably mounted on the rod and normally located at the forward end thereof.

Signed at Vinni'peg, this 20th day of July, 1922.

LEWIS JAMES CLEMENT. 

